hpcpack view

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Applies To: Microsoft HPC Pack 2008 R2, Microsoft HPC Pack 2012, Microsoft HPC Pack 2012 R2

Displays the attributes for a package that has been uploaded to a Windows Azure storage account. Attributes include the date it was uploaded, description (optionally defined during upload), and the target directory that you can use to access the files after they are deployed to the Windows Azure nodes.

You can specify an account by using the node template name, the head node and node template name, or the Windows Azure storage account name and its storage key or Shared Access Signature (SAS) token.

Note

This subcommand was introduced in HPC Pack 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) and is not supported in previous versions.

Syntax

hpcpack view <packageName> /nodetemplate:<nodeTemplateName> [/container:<containerName>] 
[/usehttp]

hpcpack view <packageName> /scheduler:<headNodeName> /nodetemplate:<nodeTemplateName> 
[/container:<containerName>] [/usehttp]

hpcpack view <packageName> /account:<storageAccountName> (/key:<storageKey>|/sas:<sasToken>) 
[/container:<containerName>] [/usehttp]

hpcPack view {/? | /help}

Parameters

Parameter Description

<packageName>

Specifies the name of the package that you want to view.

For example: myPackage.zip.

/nodetemplate

Specifies a Windows Azure node template. hpcpack uses the Windows Azure account name and storage key that is associated with the node template.

/sas

Specifies a Shared Access Signature (SAS) token.

Note

This parameter was introduced in Microsoft® HPC Pack 2012 and is not supported in previous versions.

/scheduler

Specifies the head node of the cluster. You can use this parameter along with the /nodetemplate parameter if there is no default head node specified on your computer.

/account

Specifies the public name of the Windows Azure storage account (the same storage name that you specify in the Windows Azure Node Template).

This is the value of <storageAccountName> in the public URL of the account: https:// <storageAccountName>.blob.core.windows.net.

If you specify /account, you must also specify /key.

/key

Specifies the access key for the Windows Azure storage account.

If you specify /key, you must also specify /account.

/container

Specifies the name of the container in the Windows Azure storage account that you want to view the files in. If you do not specify this parameter, hpcpack will list the files in the default location: a container named hpcpackages in the storage account.

/usehttp

Specifies that you want to override the default https channel over port 443 and force the communication to http over port 80.

Note

This parameter was introduced in HPC Pack 2008 R2 with Service Pack 3 (SP3) and is not supported in previous versions.

/?

Displays Help at the command prompt.

/help

Displays Help at the command prompt.

Examples

hpcpack view myPackage.zip /account:accountName /key:storageKey

hpcpack view myPackage.zip /account:accountName /sas:sasToken

HpcPack view myPackage.zip /scheduler:headnode /nodetemplate:"node template"

hpcPack view myXLL.zip /nodetemplate:”Azure Worker” /scheduler:headnode

To properly display UTF-8 encoded characters in file names, run chcp 65001 to change the console encoding to UTF-8.